Katharina Friedland

Katharina Friedland (1931-) was the NPD MP for Riesa and NPD Leader from 2000.

Biography
Katharina Friedland was born in Riesa, Saxony, Germany in 1931, and she grew up in communist East Germany. She worked as a typist for decades, and, upon the reunification of Germany in 1990, Friedland became active in politics with the neo-Nazi NPD party. In 2000, she became party leader and successfully stood for election to the Bundestag, and she led the party to win 9.37% of the vote and 3 seats, behind Die Grunen with 17.28% and 6 seats, the CDU with 17.28% and 6 seats, the FDP with 27.99% and 10 seats, and the SPD with 28.09% and 10 seats. She then backed the SPD in forming a coalition government, as both parties agreed on economic issues.